Clippers: Paul, Griffin share holiday spirit

Chris Paul and his teammates spent their Tuesday afternoon at Salvation Army Siemon Family Youth & Community Center in South Central Los Angeles. <br><b>Click on the photo to see Paul, Blake Griffin, Deandre Jordan, Randy Foye and Ryan Gomes having fun with kids from that neighborhood.PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

While the 36 children involved in the Salvation Army Siemon Family Youth & Community Center's Winter Day Camp filed into a room, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Deandre Jordan, Randy Foye and Ryan Gomes started laughing.

The five teammates, doing their first community event of the year, seemed like they were having a really good time as they dedicated a learning lab with 20 new iPads.

Chris Paul and his teammates spent their Tuesday afternoon at Salvation Army Siemon Family Youth & Community Center in South Central Los Angeles. Click on the photo to see Paul, Blake Griffin, Deandre Jordan, Randy Foye and Ryan Gomes having fun with kids from that neighborhood. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Deandre Jordan (left) and Ryan Gomes (right) crack each other up before the youngsters came into the room. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Ryan Gomes tests out one of the Math apps on the iPad. If things go as planned, the Clippers' scoreboard operator is going to be adding plenty of "3's" to their point total. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Chris Paul, Deandre Jordan, Randy Foye and Blake Griffin take the donated iPads out for a test drive before the students go their hands on them. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Ryan Gomes (left), Blake Griffin (center) and Randy Foye crack up when one of the children at the center ask Griffin if he could jump over a car. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
The Clipper players pose with students hodling the donated iPads.I tried to download the OC Register's app, "The Peel" on to as many as possible before I was reprimanded. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Blake Griffin had a good time answering questions from the children at the event. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Deandre Jordan and students at the Salvation Army Siemon Family Youth & Community Center work on one of the educational programs on an iPad. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Children hang on every one of Randy Foye's words Tuesday during the event. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Blake Griffin and two students work through math problems Tuesday. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
One of the newest Clippers, Chris Paul, spent one-on-one time with one of the students Tuesday at the event. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Deandre Jordan shows three students how to work an iPad. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Deandre Jordan looked comically gigantic sitting in a chair that low to the ground. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Blake Griffin tries not to crack up before reading to the students Tuesday. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Deandre Jordan re-enacts one of his dunks from the Clippers blowout win over the Lakers Monday in the teams' preseason opener. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Blake Griffin shows off the book he's about to read, "How Santa Got His Job." PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Randy Foye reads a page from "How Santa Got His Job" Tuesday as part of the NBA's Read To Achieve program. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Blake Griffin shows the pictures in the book to the students before reading from the next page. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Blake Griffin listens as one of the students reads from the book. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Students gather around Deandre Jordan as they read "How Santa Got His Job." Turns out, Santa got fired a while bunch -- like more than Larry Brown. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Blake Griffin and Randy Foye share a coach with some eager, young readers Tuesday. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Members of the Clippers play Santa Claus and hand out presents Tuesday at the youth center. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Chris Paul got an assist from Blake Griffin for a change, passing out gifts to the youngsters Tuesday. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
The children posed for photos with the Clippers after getting their gifts Tuesday. It seemed kind of cruel to not let them open their gifts right away. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Chris Paul and Blake Griffin say goodbye to the kids Tuesday afternoon. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Ryan Gomes spent a couple of extra minutes with the kids before leaving late Tuesday afternoon. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
The Clippers donated 20 iPads to the center for use in studying and tutoring. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
There was plenty of blue and red in the mobile learning lab, and presents for each member of the Winter Day Camp were stacked under the tree. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Each iPad wallpaper showed off the Clipper logo. PHOTO AND TEXT BY DAN WOIKE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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